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Major security concerns ahead of Ugenya by-election

Protesters from an ODM rally confront a police officer at Sihay in Ugenya constituency on March 31, 2019. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Candidates in the upcoming Ugenya by-election have been summoned to a crisis meeting by officials from security agencies and the electoral body.

Yesterday, security agents claimed they had received intelligence that there was a plot to employ goons to disrupt the mini-poll that is slated for Friday this week.

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